Chiquinquirá
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Chiquinquirá is a toun an municipality in the Colombie Depairtment o Boyacá,[1] pairt o the subregion o the Wastren Boyacá Province. Locatit some 115 km north o Bogotá, Chiquinquirá is 2570 m (8432 ft) abuin sea level an haes a yearly average temperatur o 58°F.
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Chiquinquirá | |
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Municipality an toun | |
![]() Location o the municipality an toun o Chiquinquirá in the Boyacá Depairtment o Colombie. | |
Coordinates: 5°37′08″N 73°49′12″W | |
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Depairtment | Boyacá |
Province | Wastren Boyacá Province |
Mayor | Nelson Orlando Rincón Sierra |
Govrenment | |
• Foondit | 1810 |
Elevation | 2556 m (8,386 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 52,601 |
Demonym(s) | Chiquinquireño |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombie Staundart Time) |
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Chiquinquirá is constitutit bi twa zones: the urban zone or toun that is formit bi approximately 40 neebourheids atween the strata 1 an 4, an the landwart zone that is dividit in 17 sub zones locatit aroond the ceety.
Chiquinquirá is considered tae be the releegious caipital o Colombie. It is hame to the Basílica de Chiquinquirá, that houses the image o the Virgen de Chiquinquirá, the patroness saunt o Colombie. Chiquinquirá is a major point o releegious pilgrimage.
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